Archive for July, 2008
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Guyana, Barbados win
PINELANDS, Barbados (CMC): Guyana, 302 for nine, recorded a 76-run win over Leeward Islands in the limited-overs competition of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday. The Leewards, who slumped following an explosive start, were dismissed for 226 …
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Big names still flying the flag high
IT is rather ironic, as it is unfortunate, that on the heels of this brouhaha concerning Jamaica’s dope testing procedures for its track and field athletes, the ‘A’ sample from one of the country’s runners turns up positive. The criticisms came by way of articles carried…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Skeet Club targets membership
Amid the celebrations on Monday night at the Jamaica Skeet Club awards banquet, at Jade Garden Restaurant, president Errol Ziadie lamented the club’s declining membership. At the club’s annual All Jamaica Shotgun Championships, which ended on the weekend, only 45 members took part…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
'We've to move on' - Fennell charges Jamaicans to focus on positives
Mike Fennell, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), yesterday urged Jamaicans not to let the recent drug controversy overshadow the excellent work put in by the rest of the nation’s Olympic squad. “It is a disgraceful thing, but I am sure that you will agree…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
'We did ourselves proud'
Gibbs Williams, coach of Jamaica’s Under-17 cricket team, says despite their failure to win this year’s Digicel Sir Gary Sobers International School’s Tournament, the performance was satisfying. Trinidad and Tobago won the title for the second consecutive year…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Cuban tourism FDI limited, but earnings grow
Cuba has had limited success in attracting foreign capital to its tourism industry and while visitors to its shores have been on the increase, Columbian academic Mauriciode Miranda says the Spanish-speaking country has not been able to attract high-end business…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Crawford delivers offshore report - Jamaica recruiting IFSC manager
The Eric Crawford-led advisory committee has wrapped up its review of local markets and the regulatory environment that is to guide Jamaica’s strategy for drumming up business for its planned offshore financial centre. And the Ministry of Finance is now recruiting what it calls …
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Lascelles to market Angostura products
Lascelles Limited, a subsidiary company of the Wray and Nephew Group, will be distributing the full range of Angostura Limited’s products in the Jamaican market with the exception of one. Michael Carballo, executive director of Angostura, said his company…
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
The new BNS boss
Bruce Bowen, seen here, will take over as CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica on October 31. Bowen, who has been with the Canadian banking group since 1990, has worked in Jamaica before as senior general manager.
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by admin
Salada 9:1 stock split - Analysts say action may be futile
Salada Foods, the Jamaican firm that manufactures and packages instant coffee, is planning to a nine-to-one share split aimed, the company says, at creating liquidity in the stock. But while welcoming the move to stimulate trading in Salada, analysts warned yesterday…
